89: Chapter 87 Luo Ye, is it "ripe"?

While the Flame Spirit in the Lava Cultivation Ground was being watched by everyone,

on the other side, Lin Yan was sitting comfortably in Principal Yan Shaozhe's office, slowly sipping fine spiritual tea.

"Dean, why did you call me here today? Is something the matter?"

Seeing Lin Yan's lazy demeanor, showing absolutely no reverence for him, the grand Dean of the Martial Soul Department,

Principal Yan Shaozhe flew into a rage... well, he was just angry for a brief moment.

"Sigh!"

"There is nothing I can do!"

"Who told this kid to have his own teacher backing him up now?"

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel full of complaints.

His teacher was the same, blindly shielding him and letting him do as he pleased, without proposing any other additional strategies.

"If this continues, when will this kid ever truly appreciate the greatness of Shrek!"

However, although he had some complaints in his heart about Elder Mu En's "hands-off" strategy, he ultimately lacked the courage to disobey his teacher's instructions.

Therefore, in the face of Lin Yan's inquiry, he could only squeeze out a gentle smile and reply in a consultative rather than commanding tone.

"Xiao Lin, calling you over this time, there is indeed something."

Seeing Principal Yan Shaozhe like this, Lin Yan immediately grew a bit wary, wearing an expression that said, "Go on, I'll consider whether to agree after you're done."

Seeing this, Principal Yan Shaozhe took a deep breath, silently chanting "don't get angry, don't get angry" in his heart before continuing.

"Isn't the new session of the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament about to start right after school begins?"

"I am well aware of your strength."

"So—"

"I want you to participate in the upcoming selection for the official team, and then... represent the academy in this Spirit Master Tournament!"

Hearing this, Lin Yan raised his eyebrows slightly, feeling a bit surprised.

He was surprised not because Principal Yan Shaozhe wanted him to participate, but because he actually wanted him to join the official team directly instead of the preparatory team.

However, the Spirit Master Tournament...

He really had to go this time!

"It's not impossible for me to join the official team."

"But let me make it clear first, I don't have that much free time to play pointless selection matches."

Looking at his expression of finding it troublesome, Principal Yan Shaozhe's lips twitched violently again.

"To represent Shrek in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament, how many people dreamed of this glory!"

"But, whatever..."

"As long as you are willing to go!"

He simply didn't believe it.

Once this kid was on the field, under the gaze of thousands, and personally experienced Shrek's ten-thousand-year glory, could he still remain indifferent?!!

Could he still not be touched?!!

With this thought, Principal Yan Shaozhe deliberately put on a look of difficulty, and after hesitating for a moment, as if making a hard decision, he spoke.

"This... is not a problem."

"However, when the selection reaches its final stage, you must come and fight at least one match to show your strength, right?"

Ignoring the rich expressions on Principal Yan Shaozhe's face, Lin Yan nodded slightly, indicating his agreement.

"Alright then."

"Then Dean, you can send someone to call me when the time comes."

"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave now."

...

Coming out of Principal Yan Shaozhe's office, Lin Yan had a look of contemplation on his face.

The reason he agreed so readily this time to participate in the Continental Advanced Spirit Master Elite Tournament was actually for one person.

Luo Ye!

Ever since that trip to the Far North, he had learned that another third of his "power" might have ended up in the Sun Moon Empire.

Although he didn't rush to the Sun Moon Empire to reclaim this part of his "power" due to the information transmitted from the Prajna Heart Lamp,

he had naturally sent people to the Sun Moon Empire to gather intelligence long ago.

Among the intelligence sent back, on a list of geniuses from the Sun Moon Imperial Academy, a name both unfamiliar yet familiar caught his attention.

This name was indeed Luo Ye!

It was familiar because he had heard this name from Vice Dean Qian Duoduo before.

It was unfamiliar because this person had never appeared in the original work.

Under these various anomalies, it was naturally not hard for him to guess—this Luo Ye was the beggar who had picked up that mirror back then!

At the same time, according to the intelligence he obtained, this Luo Ye should be around eighteen years old now.

In other words, in this Spirit Master Tournament, he was also highly likely to represent the Sun Moon Imperial Academy.

If that was the case, thinking back to what he had learned from the heart lamp when he was in the Far North,

he should also take this opportunity to retrieve that lost part of his "power" and check on... Luo Ye's current state.

However, calculating from the timeline, that Luo Ye probably hadn't reached the point of being completely "ripe" yet.

He just didn't know what the exact degree of erosion was...

As he walked, seeing that he was about to cross Sea God Lake, Lin Yan put away his thoughts.

As for the specific situation, once he met the person, he would naturally know.

...

In the following days, seeing that Electrolux had still not fully recovered, Lin Yan took Jiang Nannan and went home.

After staying at home for a few days, he made some new arrangements for the Lin family.

By the time he returned to the academy, the holiday was completely over.

With the school reopening, the first thing these freshmen from the previous session had to face was naturally the promotion assessment.

And the location of the promotion assessment was precisely in Shrek's Beast Arena Area.

The Beast Arena Area was mainly divided into two major parts.

One part was the Beast Pen, which students normally couldn't access, where the academy specifically raised Spirit Beasts.

The other part was the famous Beast Fighting Arena.

Among them, the Beast Pen included both aboveground and underground sections, housing various Spirit Beasts captured by Shrek, including many thousand-year and even ten-thousand-year ones, guarded year-round by powerful Spirit Masters and Soul Engineers.

And the Beast Fighting Arena was specifically provided for students to undergo actual combat training and assessments.

The entire Beast Fighting Arena was oval-shaped, with a major axis of 187 meters, a minor axis of 155 meters, and a maximum height of about 57 meters.

Viewed from the outside, the building was divided into four floors. The bottom three floors had a multi-arched structure, with each arch supported by thick stone pillars on both sides.

The fourth floor was decorated with pilasters, and a large archway opened in each of the four radial directions, serving as the entrance to the internal spectator gallery corridor.

Because most of the area was used for the actual combat zone inside the Beast Fighting Arena, this huge arena could only accommodate about ten thousand spectators.

Similar to the Soul Fighting District, it could either host multiple beast-battling competitions simultaneously or just a single beast battle.

For the senior students of the Martial Soul Department, this place was by no means unfamiliar; those with high cultivation levels loved coming here to hone their actual combat skills, while for those with lower cultivation, it was nothing short of a nightmare.

Of course, while the senior students were familiar with it, for Lin Yan and his batch of "old freshmen," this place was extremely unfamiliar.

At this moment, under the leadership of Teacher Wang Yan, the crowd entering one after another looked up at this extremely grand building, all showing shocked expressions.

And among them was the one who had disappeared for an entire holiday—Huo Yuhao!